Change Detection of Forestry Trees Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide is Falling : Case Study of Pasali-Kuje of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Authors

  • Badaru Yahaya Usman  Remote Sensing Lab. Dept. of Geography, Federal University of Technology, Minna +1School of Science and Technology, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja
  • Nassir Yakubu Mohammed  DLN Tech & Consultants Limited, Abuja-Nigeria
  • Musa Yakubu  Department of Building, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria

Keywords:

Change detection, CO2, forestry trees, landsat-7 & 8 ETM+, OLI, TIRS

Abstract

The forestry trees ability to sequester or remove carbon dioxide (CO2) using geospatial and temporal analysis undergo critical evaluation. The removal of CO2 by the Aspen and Pine trees species from the atmosphere during photosynthesis to form carbohydrates that are used in plant structure return oxygen back into the atmosphere as a by-product. Aspen Trees  (species of the Populus Genus) and Pine trees (Species of the Pinus Genus) can be categorized into mature and the undergrowth of the mean average of 6m tall, stem-trunk of 0.35-0.55cm in diameter and circumference of 124cm, and the root areas spans between 9-15m2. The studies was conducted in the month of May during the period of wet/rainy season and the percentage delineation of forest is estimated as 0.0904km2 (92.02%) in 2008, 0.0769km2 (83.98%) in 2012 and 0.0621km2 (52.32%) in 2016. However, the study further states the actual arithmetic differences of 0.0283km2 (40.67%) of forest areas that were removed accounting for 9.6tons of carbon dioxide expected to make the trees more resistant to extreme weather and improve photosynthesis. It is anticipated that remote-sensing data integrated from optical sensors could be used to supplement the study of sequestration or removal of carbon dioxide through the trees. It is therefore significant that government and relevant agencies adopts these findings to help in the monitoring, evaluating and control of future cutting down of trees. It's pertinent to conclude that cutting of trees is a serious threat for the climate and it could contribute to global warming.

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2017-12-31

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Volume 2, Issue 3, May-June-2016

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Badaru Yahaya Usman, Nassir Yakubu Mohammed, Musa Yakubu, " Change Detection of Forestry Trees Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide is Falling : Case Study of Pasali-Kuje of the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 2, Issue 3, pp.252-257, May-June-2016.